Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 St.Louis Cardinals 34
Sunday 16 October 1983 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
STL
11:01-1Q
O'Donoghue FG52
TB
5:24-1Q
Wilder 11 pass from Thompson (kick failed)
STL
4:10-1Q
O'Donoghue FG43
STL
0:22-2Q
Marsh 5 pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)
STL
7:17-3Q
Green 6 pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)
STL
6:51-3Q
Marsh 16 pass from Lomax (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
4:50-3Q
T.Bell 23 pass from Thompson (Capece kick)
TB
2:47-3Q
Green 33 interception return (Capece kick)
STL
1:07-4Q
Love 1 run (O'Donoghue kick)
TB
0:01-4Q
Giles 11 pass from Thompson (Capece kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Again crippled by defensive injuries, the Bucs fell to 0-7 with this home loss, although a comeback did reduce
the deficit from 27-6 at one point. The Bucs had lost starting LB Andy Hawkins to a season-ending knee injury
and fellow starting LB Hugh Green could only hobble on to the field for a handful of plays due to a hamstring
problem. The two replacements, Ed Judie and Robert Thompson, had only signed for the team as free agents in
the days leading up to the game. The Bucs did close to 27-20 in the 4th quarter, but Jack Thompson's second
interception of the game, this one to Benny Perrin, halted the rally and set up the Cardinals' final score.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Carver 12-48, Wilder 5-13, Owens 4-13.
CARDINALS: Anderson 13-55, Mitchell 12-52, Love 4-12, Harrell
3-10, Morris 4-7, Lomax 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 30-20-212-2-3.
CARDINALS: Lomax 22-16-166-1-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 7-92, House 5-54, Wilder 4-9, Carter 2-30, T.Bell 1-
23, Carver 1-4.
CARDINALS: Marsh 6-81, Anderson 3-23, Tilley 2-25, Harrell 2-
12, Mitchell 2-11, Morris 1-8, Green 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Green 1-33.
CARDINALS: Perrin 1-30, Nelson 1-8.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 2-56, Smith 1-43, Owens 1-22.
CARDINALS: Bird 2-57, Schmitt 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Tyler 1-3.
CARDINALS: Mitchell 2-44, Bird 1-6.
SACKS
BUCS: Judie 1-8, Green 0.5-5, Logan 0.5-5.
CARDINALS: Baker 2-13, Galloway 1-3.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
66 Reese
LG
60 Grimes
NT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
68 Yarno
LOLB
51 Judie
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
86 Obradovich
ROLB
56 Thompson
WR
87 Carter
LCB
21 Holt
WR
89 House
SS
33 Cotney
FB
32 Wilder
FS
34 Brown
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
40 Washington
PLAYED
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 22 Smith, 23 Castille, 26 Owens,
28 Carver, 29 LaBeaux, 41 Thomas, 46 Armstrong, 53 Green,
54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 57 Leonard, 65 Stalls, 69 Arbubakrr, 72
Snell, 75 Reavis, 78 Cannon, 81 Tyler, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85
Witte, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
7 Komlo, 11 Golsteyn
INACTIVES
62 Farrell
COMMENTARY CREW
Tom Brookshier and Charlie Waters
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
James Wilder put the Bucs ahead in the first quarter
Hugh Green came off the bench to record his second pick six of the year
Jimmie Giles’ score came with only one second left which was far too late